(New Republic) – Twenty years ago, less than two years after I’d received my doctorate in religion from Princeton, I appeared with Cornel West, Derrick Bell, and bell hooks in...
(New York Post) – The cop accused of body-slamming former tennis star James Blake during a mistaken arrest has a checkered past that includes five civilian complaints in...
HOLLYWOOD (UPI) — Actress Vivica A. Fox will be starring in the second season of Empire as Cookie Lyon’s oldest sister, it was announced Thursday. According to Entertainment Weekly, Fox’s character seeks out...
TOM ODULA, Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — U.S. actor Danny Glover said Thursday that he is in Nigeria to star in a movie based on...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Friday that she will not seek re-election next year, nearly five months after the...
(BuzzFeed) – While defending Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis’s refusal to issue marriage licenses out of her religious opposition to same-sex marriage, Mike Huckabee said Wednesday that...
(The Washington Post) – Rowan County, Ky., clerk Kim Davis may have a dream about honoring her religion by refusing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but she is...
ANICK JESDANUN, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Don’t let looks deceive you. The new iPhones look the same as last year’s models on the...
(Wired) – Georg Petschnigg is distracted. He’s trying to tell me about his company’s new app—Paper for iPhone, an adaptation and re-thinking of the wildly celebrated iPad...
(Bloomberg) – Seth Weintraub has made a career of reporting on Apple. His website, 9to5Mac.com, is one of the go-to places for news about the company. But...
(The Verge) – Ever since Nintendo announced that it would be getting into mobile games, we’ve all wondered just what that might look like; would it...
JULIE WATSON, Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dr. William Grier, a psychiatrist who co-authored the groundbreaking 1968 book, “Black Rage,” which offered the first psychological...
(The Guardian) – Writer Rebecca Skloot has hit back at a Tennessee parent who is trying to have her acclaimed biography of Henrietta Lacks removed from local schools, saying the...
By Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Stressed-out students in England recently received a little help with their anxiety after school...
(Fox News) – People with type 2 diabetes who smoke have significantly higher risks of heart disease, stroke, and death than diabetic non-smokers, a new study...
JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Income inequality will remain a persistent problem despite brighter prospects for U.S. companies globally, according to an annual...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite the many challenges in bringing such cases, the Justice Department is renewing its commitment to prosecuting corporate executives...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist SUPERIOR TOWNSHIP, Mich. – As successful as Hyundai has been the last five years, there’s a flaw and they’re trying...
(BBC) – South Africa’s rugby chief has hit back at allegations of racism following a row over the selection of a mainly white squad for the...
(Sydney Morning Herald) – In the last week, heart-wrenching photographs of dead children on Europe’s shores have re-ignited calls for wealthy western states to reform their...
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JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) — The governing body for Texas high school sports questioned Wednesday whether the coaches of two football players...
